skewness
Statistical tilt measure
Skewness measures asymmetry in a statistical distribution—how much it leans to one side rather than forming a symmetric bell curve.
A distribution with positive skewness has a long tail extending right; negative skewness tails left.
The skewness of income data shows most people earn below the mean, with a few very high earners pulling it upward.
Outside statistics, skewness can describe any quality of being askew or off-center.
Allocation across recipients
- histogramFrequency distribution graph
- outliersExtreme data points
- normalityState of being typical
- varianceSpread around the mean
mean · median · mode · standard deviation · moment · quantile · percentile · boxplot
State of being uneven
- imbalanceLack of proportion
- disproportionLack of proper balance
- unevennessLack of uniformity
- irregularityDeparture from standard
nonuniformity · distortion · warping · asymmetrical · unbalanced · unequal · crooked · off-center
Unfair favor toward some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
- slantOblique angle or bias
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- inclinationDisposition toward something
tendency · leaning · prejudice · favoritism · distortion · weighting · systematic error · sampling bias
distribution
Allocation across recipients
variance · mean · median · mode · standard deviation · moment · quantile · percentile · boxplot · frequency distribution
lopsidedness
State of being uneven
- imbalanceLack of proportion
- disproportionLack of proper balance
- unevennessLack of uniformity
irregularity · nonuniformity · distortion · warping · asymmetrical · unbalanced · unequal · crooked · off-center · tilted
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
- slantOblique angle or bias
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
inclination · tendency · leaning · prejudice · favoritism · distortion · weighting · systematic error · sampling bias
inclination
Disposition toward something
slope · pitch · cant · list · obliquity · gradient · camber · rake · heel · off-kilter
- data analysisstatistics, analysis, analytics, conclusions, mean
- tail distributionslong tail, long tails, tail risk, power law, extreme events
- irregularitiesbumps, dents, ridges, grooves, ripples
- statisticsmean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation
- data qualitiesaccuracy, completeness, consistency, reliability, validity
- Probability Distributionsnormal distribution, PDF, normal curve, t-distribution, frequency distribution
skewnesssymmetry
Invariance under transformation
normal distribution · bell curve · uniformity · unskewed · central tendency
skewnesssymmetry
Invariance under transformation
straightness · evenness · alignment · regularity · uniformity
askew, skew, skewer, skewed, askance, skewers, skewing, unskewed